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Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Preparation for becoming attentive to Christianity does not consist in reading many books ... but in fuller immersion in existence. Preparation for becoming attentive to Christianity does not consist in reading many books ... but in fuller immersion in existence.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Most people rush after pleasure so fast that they rush right past it. Most people rush after pleasure so fast that they rush right past it.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The supreme paradox of all thought is the attempt to discover something that thought cannot think. The supreme paradox of all thought is the attempt to discover something that thought cannot think.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: It is a question of discovering a truth which is truth for me, of finding the idea for which I am willing to live and die. It is a question of discovering a truth which is truth for me, of finding the idea for which I am willing to live and die.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor. Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: That is the road we all have to take - over the Bridge of Sight into eternity. That is the road we all have to take - over the Bridge of Sight into eternity.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Death cannot explain itself. The earnestness consists precisely in this, that the observer must explain it to himself. Death cannot explain itself. The earnestness consists precisely in this, that the observer must explain it to himself.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Once you label me you negate me. Once you label me you negate me.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have. The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Comparison is the most dangerous acquaintance love can make. Comparison is the most dangerous acquaintance love can make.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: To be a saint is to will the one thing. To be a saint is to will the one thing.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: To love another person is to help them love God. To love another person is to help them love God.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Hope is a passion for the possible. Hope is a passion for the possible.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: - a bad conscience is indeed able to make life interesting. - a bad conscience is indeed able to make life interesting.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: My tactics were, by God's aid, to employ every means to make it clear what the requirement of Christianity truly is. My tactics were, by God's aid, to employ every means to make it clear what the requirement of Christianity truly is.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion. What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards. Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Battle day and night against the guile of oblivion ... Battle day and night against the guile of oblivion ...
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: It's better to get lost in the passion than to lose the passion It's better to get lost in the passion than to lose the passion
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith. And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: For I have trained myself and am training myself always to be able to dance lightly in the service of thought For I have trained myself and am training myself always to be able to dance lightly in the service of thought
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: To be a teacher does not mean simply to affirm that such a thing is so, or to deliver a lecture, etc. To be a teacher does not mean simply to affirm that such a thing is so, or to deliver a lecture, etc.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins. The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: To have faith is precisely to lose one's mind so as to win God. To have faith is precisely to lose one's mind so as to win God.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Everyone looks the same to me in a photograph: stupid. Everyone looks the same to me in a photograph: stupid.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me. People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: What labels me, negates me. What labels me, negates me.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The object of (Christian) faith is not the teaching but the Teacher. The object of (Christian) faith is not the teaching but the Teacher.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The less support an idea has,the more fervently it must be believed in, so that a totally preposterous idea requires unflinching faith. The less support an idea has,the more fervently it must be believed in, so that a totally preposterous idea requires unflinching faith.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as the trade secret of paleontology. The extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as the trade secret of paleontology.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Sleeping is the height of genius Sleeping is the height of genius
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The thing that cowardice fears most is decision The thing that cowardice fears most is decision
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: If he is not supposed to be that, then he is a hypocrite, and the higher he climbs on this path, the more dreadful a hypocrite he is. If he is not supposed to be that, then he is a hypocrite, and the higher he climbs on this path, the more dreadful a hypocrite he is.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Christendom has done away with Christianity without being quite aware of it. Christendom has done away with Christianity without being quite aware of it.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: With respect to physical existence, one needs little, and to the degree that one needs less, the more perfect one is. With respect to physical existence, one needs little, and to the degree that one needs less, the more perfect one is.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity. To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: What is truth but to live for an idea? What is truth but to live for an idea?
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Who am I? How did I come into the world? Why was I not consulted? Who am I? How did I come into the world? Why was I not consulted?
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The best proof adduced of the wretchedness of life is that derived from contemplating its glory. The best proof adduced of the wretchedness of life is that derived from contemplating its glory.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: One becomes weary only of what is new. One becomes weary only of what is new.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself! Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: My sorrow is my castle. My sorrow is my castle.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: He who loved himself became great in himself, and he who loved others became great through his devotion, but he who loved God became greater than all. He who loved himself became great in himself, and he who loved others became great through his devotion, but he who loved God became greater than all.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: It is the normal state of the human heart to try to build its identity around something besides God. It is the normal state of the human heart to try to build its identity around something besides God.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The question is asked in ignorance, by one who does not even know what can have led him to ask it. The question is asked in ignorance, by one who does not even know what can have led him to ask it.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate. Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Sin is: in despair not wanting to be oneself before God. Sin is: in despair not wanting to be oneself before God.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Out of love, God becomes man. He says: See, here is what it is to be a human being. Out of love, God becomes man. He says: See, here is what it is to be a human being.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself. Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Only the one who descends into the underworld rescues the beloved. Only the one who descends into the underworld rescues the beloved.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Take it and return it: the kiss of love. Take it and return it: the kiss of love.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Don't forget to love yourself. Don't forget to love yourself.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Take a chance and you may lose. Take not a chance and you have lost already. Take a chance and you may lose. Take not a chance and you have lost already.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: If a man cannot forget, he will never amount to much. If a man cannot forget, he will never amount to much.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The most common form of despair is not being who you are. The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: On the whole, the longing for solitude is a sign that there still is spirit in a person and is a measure of what spirit there is. On the whole, the longing for solitude is a sign that there still is spirit in a person and is a measure of what spirit there is.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Only one human being recognized as one's neighbour is necessary in order to cure a man of self-love Only one human being recognized as one's neighbour is necessary in order to cure a man of self-love
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness. People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception. A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: In the eyes of God, the infinite spirit, all the millions that have lived and now live do not make a crowd. He only sees each individual In the eyes of God, the infinite spirit, all the millions that have lived and now live do not make a crowd. He only sees each individual
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: One can advise comfortably from a safe port. One can advise comfortably from a safe port.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: To dare is to momentarily lose one's footing. But not to dare is to lose one's self. To dare is to momentarily lose one's footing.
But not to dare is to lose one's self.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in everygeneration may not come that far, but none comes further. Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every
generation may not come that far, but none comes further.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: It is unbelievable what a person of prayer can achieve if he would but close the doors behind him. It is unbelievable what a person of prayer can achieve if he would but close the doors behind him.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Job endured everything - until his friends came to comfort him, then he grew impatient. Job endured everything - until his friends came to comfort him, then he grew impatient.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: To the frivolous Christianity is certainly not glad tidings, for it wishes first of all to make them serious. To the frivolous Christianity is certainly not glad tidings, for it wishes first of all to make them serious.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Irony is a qualification of subjectivity. Irony is a qualification of subjectivity.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: People do not know what they ought to say but only that they must say something. People do not know what they ought to say but only that they must say something.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: I must find a truth that is true for me. I must find a truth that is true for me.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me". When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me".
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Adversity not only draws people together, but brings forth that beautiful inward friendship. Adversity not only draws people together, but brings forth that beautiful inward friendship.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Fate, then, is the nothing of anxiety. Fate, then, is the nothing of anxiety.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Seducing a girl is no art, but it needs a stroke of good fortune to find one worth seducing. Seducing a girl is no art, but it needs a stroke of good fortune to find one worth seducing.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had. My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: What is youth? A dream. What is love? The dream's content. What is youth? A dream. What is love? The dream's content.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death. Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: It is a frightful satire and an epigram on the modern age that the only use it knows for solitude is to make it a punishment, a jail sentence. It is a frightful satire and an epigram on the modern age that the only use it knows for solitude is to make it a punishment, a jail sentence.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Be that self that one is Be that self that one is
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Sin is in itself separation from the good, but despair over sin is separation a second time. Sin is in itself separation from the good, but despair over sin is separation a second time.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived. The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: It is impossible to exist without passion It is impossible to exist without passion
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Which is more difficult, to awaken one who sleeps or to awaken one who, awake, dreams that he is awake? Which is more difficult, to awaken one who sleeps or to awaken one who, awake, dreams that he is awake?
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, 'Create silence'. The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, 'Create silence'.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The more a person limits himself, the more resourceful he becomes. The more a person limits himself, the more resourceful he becomes.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Metaphorically speaking, a person's ideas must be the building he lives in - otherwise there is something terribly wrong. Metaphorically speaking, a person's ideas must be the building he lives in - otherwise there is something terribly wrong.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite. It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: she does not suspect how much reason I have for deprecating all sympathy. she does not suspect how much reason I have for deprecating all sympathy.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: When all combine in every way to make everything easier, people will want difficulty. I conceived it as my task to make difficulties everywhere. When all combine in every way to make everything easier, people will want difficulty. I conceived it as my task to make difficulties everywhere.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The truth is a trap: you cannot get it without it getting you; you cannot get the truth by capturing it, only by its capturing you. The truth is a trap: you cannot get it without it getting you; you cannot get the truth by capturing it, only by its capturing you.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself. Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Only one deception is possible in the infinite sense, self-deception. Only one deception is possible in the infinite sense, self-deception.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: The presence of irony does not necessarily mean that the earnestness is excluded. Only assistant professors assume that. The presence of irony does not necessarily mean that the earnestness is excluded. Only assistant professors assume that.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: How to be listed as a dream in the mind of a young girl is an art, going out is a masterpiece. How to be listed as a dream in the mind of a young girl is an art, going out is a masterpiece.
Soren Kierkegaard quotes: Choose to be who you are ... The individual who would become a person must at some point take over his entire being - must, that is, choose herself. Choose to be who you are ... The individual who would become a person must at some point take over his entire being - must, that is, choose herself.

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